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[CITE: 28USC2041]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 129--MONEYS PAID INTO COURT
 
Sec. 2041. Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases

    All moneys paid into any court of the United States, or received by 
the officers thereof, in any case pending or adjudicated in such court, 
shall be forthwith deposited with the Treasurer of the United States or 
a designated depositary, in the name and to the credit of such court.
    This section shall not prevent the delivery of any such money to the 
rightful owners upon security, according to agreement of parties, under 
the direction of the court.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 2(g)(4)(C), 
Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1061.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 851 (R.S. Sec. 995; May 
29, 1920, ch. 214, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 654).
    Changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1982--Pub. L. 97-258 substituted ``Deposit of moneys in pending or 
adjudicated cases'' for ``Deposit'' in section catchline.


                     Registry Administration Account

    Pub. L. 100-459, title IV, Sec. 400, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2211, 
provided: ``That any funds hereafter collected by the Judiciary as a 
charge for services rendered in administering accounts kept in a court's 
registry shall be deposited into a separate account entitled `Registry 
Administration Account' in the Treasury of the United States. Such funds 
shall remain available to the Judiciary until expended to reimburse any 
appropriation for the amount paid out of such appropriation for expenses 
of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts and Other Judicial Services 
and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 566, 2042, 2043 of this 
title.
